This week in horse racing: curtain rises on southern tracks
Fair Grounds opens its racing season Friday. Tampa Bay Downs follows suit the following week. The local grass course has not progressed as hoped and will need more time to take shape. There will be fewer turf races at Fair Grounds.
Matt Shirer and Hugh Robertson have made big returns on their bets at Fair Grounds.
Woodbine offers a pair of $100,000 stakes races on its Friday program. Churchill Downs has the richest thoroughbred race of the weekend on Saturday. Lone Star Park in Texas has a huge American Quarter Horse card on the Saturday with the $1 million Texas Classic Futurity leading a five-stakes barrage. Del Mar puts 2-year-olds on center stage in Saturday’s Desi Arnaz for fillies and Sunday”s Grade 3 Bob Hope. Monday ‘s $250,00 Steel Valley Sprint is the marquee race annually at Ohio“s Mahoning Valley. Tuesday‚‼‟•‹″Zia Park card features five stakes and more than $1000,„
Friday Weekend Firestarter is entered in a Race 5 maiden turf sprint at Del Mar. Trainer Phil D’Amato's runners won 5 races and finished second five times from 14 starters last week. Christina”s Candy was well backed in her debut at Gulfstream Park and she moves to D'Amatos barn.
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